We are staying quiet and not travelling as we wait for our vaccine and the return to a sense of normal. Although we have been quiet we have been looking at our blog and branching out to more of a video presence.
Here is a small ¨teaser¨ as we develop and make videos for future travel blogs.
Stay safe and we can get through this.
“Hasta luego y que tengas un buen dia.”
We celebrated July 4th with some of our friends with a picnic. The 12th century castle of Santa Barbara was a perfect spot, for a picnic. We arrived early and began setting up balloons and decorations for the picnic.
The castle has an area with picnic tables and trees which provide shade.
The Castle of Santa Barbara is located on Mount Benacantil and is a 166 meters above Alicante. The castle provides great views of the area and part of the coast line of the Mediterranean sea.
Once we were set up lots of our friends showed up to the picnic. It was a pot luck style and there were foods from many different national backgrounds. There was traditional Venezuela, German, Texas, Polish and United Kingdom foods which everyone shared and enjoyed.
We enjoyed the day celebrating with our multi-national group of friends from different corners of the world.
The views were also a great addition to a wonderful day, even the locals dropped in to check out the picnic.
One of the many beautiful features of living in Alicante is the breathtaking views and unique features.
“Adios y que tengas un gran dia”
We went to an internations event at the Xiringuito Ton-Tin which is a small beach bar in Campello.
The weather was nice and warm and the beach was a great spot to spend the evening. We arrived at around 8:30 pm and sat with some of our friends on the beach.
The views were breathtaking and there was a nice breeze to keep us cool. We enjoyed great conversations and a few laughs with friends on the beach of the Mediterranean Sea.
We watched the sun set and the moon rise. It is one of those enjoyable simple things that always make us pinch ourselves.
There was a full moon and the moonlight was shinning beautifully on the water. We decided to take a picture of our entire group from Internations on the shoreline.
Afterwards we took a picture of us alone on the water’s edge.
We had a great evening sitting on the beach and enjoying the wonderful weather with friends.
“Adios y que tengas un gran dia”
We were fortunate to have friends with a sailboat and they learned about a flotilla event at the marina. The flotilla is a traditional maritime procession in honor of the “Virgen del Carmen”, the patron saint of sailors. We headed down to the marina to meet Mike and Liz and then go and check it out.
We headed out on the boat and went towards the exit of the harbor to be ready for the flotilla. On the way out of the harbor, we came across a unique luxury cruise ship.
The luxury cruise ship is 134 meters long and is considered the largest sailing ship in the world.
We found a good location at the mouth of the harbor along with other boaters to wait for the flotilla to start.
Once the flotilla procession started, there were even, more boats that joined in.
We navigated out of the harbor following along side the main boat of the flotilla.
On the main boat, was a statue of the Virgin del Carmen proudly displayed on the roof of the cabin. The boat also was also playing a song over loudspeakers. The boaters would sound their air horns from time to time. The whole experience was very interesting and enjoyable.
We followed the flotilla for about an hour along the coastline of the Mediterranean before the flotilla stopped. At that point, the lead boat cited two prayers. The first prayer was for the protection of sailors and fisherman who are dependant on the sea for their living. The second prayer was for the lost souls who died in the sea.
When the prayers were finished, the flotilla headed back to the harbor. It was a very interesting and enjoyable experience.
“Adios y que tenga un grand dia”
We enjoyed a nice relaxing day in Paris exploring some of the sites. It was a beautiful day and we took a nice stroll through some of the streets of Paris. Shortly after leaving our hotel we came to a small statue of Liberty near a shopping center.
We didn’t realize why the statue was located there but found out a short time later when we arrived at the Grenelle Bridge. We walked across the Grenelle bridge which crosses the Seine River. Near the center of the bridge on the Ile aux Cygnes is a Statue of Liberty. It is 11.5 meters high. (37 feet 9 inches) and is a scaled replica of the Statue of Liberty in the United States of America.
This Statue of Liberty was given to France in 1889 as a gift from the United States to celebrate the French Revolution.
We then walked along the Seine River enjoying the views and we could see the Eiffel Tower in the distance. We walked towards the Eiffel Tower and found a beautiful location to admire the Tower and wait for the sun to set in order to see the Eiffel Tower under the lights.
We waited until the sun set and saw the sparkling lights on the Eiffel Tower. The tower was a gold colour and was beautiful to see lit up.
The following day we went back to the Eiffel Tower and took the elevator to the second level. From there we could see almost all of Paris.
The views were truly spectacular and breathtaking. We walked around the entire Tower looking at the 360-degree view of Paris.
We felt secure the entire time we were in Paris. It was common to see police or military walking around the areas.
We enjoyed our time and finished our time in Paris with a selfie photo in front of the Military Museum before heading on to our next adventure.
“Au revoir et passe une bonne journée”
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